I hope we don’t sign him.
From?
@Trion: who’d you want ?
Gyokeres
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I don’t think Sesko will ever reach the mobility & x-factor of Gyokeres.
He is perhaps a confident Havertz and I am tired of such strikers.
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Is Gyokeres cheaper than Sesko?
Sesko is quoted at 65m. Gyokeres would be 20m more. Worth it.
Aha haven’t heard that comparison yet but yeah like you I want a striker that’s as close to the finished article as possible and that’s Gyökeres. Very unique profile
Sesko whilst a good talent is not and has more bust factor IMO and we simply can’t afford another miss in the position.
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Has he been that shit today? I’m not watching.
I think Gyokeres is the far riskier purchase because he’s going to be a lot more expensive and if he busts then you’re going to be stuck with him at 28-29 years old whereas if Sesko busts you will still be able to move him on somewhere as he’ll be young and likely on lesser wages too.
IMO, there is still a ton of uncertainty about what Gyokeres can produce outside of Portugal. His production there looks great until you realize that players like Goncalo Ramos (megabust), Simon Banza (who?), and Rafa Mujica (who?) have put up similar numbers in terms of goals per 90 in recent years. He’s not even remotely close to a sure thing to bang in the PL.
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Fair point regarding location but unlike those guys he has far more to his game
Watching them both I don’t see the same bust factor, Gyökeres also has at least played in England albeit mostly the Championship.
And I don’t see why Gyökeres will be much more expensive also, why would they sell Sesko for just £65m especially in a market with a dearth of strikers?
I’ll take the player who has shown me much more in terms of all round game and seems ready right now over another young project striker especially for the supposed fees quoted.
To be honest even if they disappoint they can have similar fees in the market. Look at what Chelsea fetched for Mount and Havertz, it only takes one team to be enamoured.
He’s not more far riskier for me.
why are we behaving like he doesn’t play in CL and absolutely owning the competition?
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Exactly,
Also are we going to act like Bundesliga is the PL also?
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To be fair, you can put that little bit extra in your CL game when every weekend is a training exercise.
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How many of those bully that league also produce what he is in the CL?
Because he’s played six games in the group stage.
Between Gyokeres and Sesko, I’d rather give 80-90M on Gyokeres than 40M for Sesko.
Yes, he plays in Portugal, but as all the fans who watch that league are saying he’s head and shoulders the best player they had there in years. Wouldn’t compare him to some random names that did decent.
He’s showing great quality in these European games too. I’d say he has shown a lot of great things against us too.
There is always a certain element of gamble, even if you’re buying a PL proven player let alone a player outside of the 2-3 best leagues. But when you look at his ability and what he does recently it’s as good as it gets.
Sesko on the other hand… First of all his goalscoring isn’t great atm, and what’s what you expect primarily. OK, he’s still young enough to improve singificantly, but I’d say that alone is a big gamble. But what’s very concerning for me, outside of his goalscoring, he doesn’t offer some super outstanding qualities that would make you hopeful enough.
When I compare him to Isak prior to his Newcastle move, at a similar stage where Sesko is now, Isak was showing outstanding technical quality and skillset that could make you quite confident about his potential even though his goalscoring was similarly questinable.
With SeskoI don’t see that special skillset. Seems he’s showing some nice skills at times, but he’s not on a level to worry the opponent consistently with his skills, with what he can offer in the build up etc, as Isak had, who could work on a high level even as a support striker from the earlier age.
I only see Sesko working on top level if he developes his goalscoring to the elite level, and he has quite a lot of ground to cover in that sense.
I would say Sesko is a bigger gamble than Gyokeres, even for far less money, unless he’s really going for peanuts.
Gyokeres might turn out mediocre, as anyone could, but looking at what he is showing so far, how good he is in every department of attacking play, I’d say the chances of him proving to be an elite striker are much much higher.
On Sesko, I’d say the chances of him turning out just decent are still bigger than him developing into an elite player. I just don’t see some kind of ability, some kinds of traits in him that make you sure he’s a future top player.
I think he’s pretty much only getting all this hype because there aren’t enough good strikers available and he playes for a club relatively knows for selling decent talents (like Werner etc), but I just don’t see some striking ability in him.
In short, both are a gamble, but Gyokeres is a better one, juging by their actual ability/performances.
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Gyokeres looks the real deal. Only apprehension is that Nunez was smashing the Portuguese league and the CL whilst at benfica, and we know how that turned out.
Gyokeres does impress me though. (But so did Nunez lol)
I do think an example that we should be wary of with Sesko is Hojlund.
Had shown great promise within a short sample size, he was the hottest young striker out there two years ago, he was even likened to that humble robot and nowadays he looks like an utter oaf.
Mind you, I fully expected him to flop(mainly because
Man Utd ruins everyone) but I never expected him to be this bad.
That’s why you should be careful spending big money on raw potential, could easily turn out an absolute disaster.
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The thing is anyone doing that was a numpty. Haaland has basically been a goal a game player his entire career.